Match.com user Jason Lawrance guilty of rapes and assault – BBC News
‘A man has been found guilty of raping five women and attacking two more after meeting them on internet dating site Match.com.’
BBC News, 2nd March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: assault
Kent sex attacker jailed for life – The Guardian
‘A man who carried out a catalogue of attacks on girls and women in Kent has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Braintree care home abuse: Workers jailed after TV investigation – BBC News
‘Three care workers have each been jailed for four months for assaulting an elderly woman in a residential home.’
BBC News, 25th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London Zoo meerkat expert sees conviction for monkey handler assault quashed – Daily Telegraph
‘Caroline Westlake had previously been convicted of “recklessly but not intentionally” injuring Kate Sanders at Christmas party.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man jailed after running over girlfriend’s ex-husband multiple times – Daily Telegraph
‘Jonathan Leuty has been jailed for four years after running over his girlfriend’s ex-husband multiple times’
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Young offenders confined to cells in prison officers’ protest – The Guardian
‘Staff at a young offenders institute are refusing to let 300 prisoners out of their cells following a sharp rise in violence at the facility.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who slapped boy, five, in play area given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
‘A father has been given a suspended jail sentence for slapping a five-year-old child who he believed had hit his own son in a pub’s soft play area.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Civil servant jailed for partially blinding pensioner in row over pay of female tennis players at Wimbledon – Daily Telegraph
‘Jonathan Dalton, 27, threw the single punch at Charles Bonello, 69, on a train from London Bridge on 3 July last year.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘I was violently attacked but my case was dropped because I had been drinking’ – The Guardian
‘After I was mugged, a suspect was arrested but the case was dropped because of ‘grave concerns’ about the credibility of my evidence. Can a new law protect thousands of women like me?’
The Guardian, 18th January 2016
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal considers EU deportation, public revulsion and “imperative grounds” – Free Movement
‘In Secretary of State for the Home Department v Straszewski [2015] EWCA Civ 1245 (03 December 2015) Moore-Bick LJ, giving the leading judgment, finds that public revulsion is not generally relevant to decisions to deport under EU law.’
Free Movement, 6th January 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Woman who used fake penis to have sex with a woman avoids jail – The Guardian
‘A woman who wore a body suit and used a fake penis when having sex with a woman she met online has avoided jail.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murderer sues Prison Service over ‘heart attack’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Extreme-pornography obsessive Graham Coutts claims he was made to wait and change into different clothing before being transferred.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lee Rigby killer sues Prison Service after having teeth knocked out – The Guardian
‘One of the men who killed the British soldier Lee Rigby is suing for compensation two years after his teeth were knocked out during an incident at Belmarsh prison.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher clears name after being wrongly convicted of clipping unruly pupil – Daily Telegraph
‘Maths and German teacher Regina Hungerford, 54, overturns her conviction for hitting a pupil on appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan guilty of sex assaults – BBC News
‘A Maoist cult leader who used violence, fear and sexual degradation to control women he held captive has been found guilty of a string of sex assaults.’
BBC News, 4th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisons to introduce tests for legal highs in bid to reduce violence – The Guardian
‘Ministers claim the introduction of new drug tests able to detect legal highs such as spice and black mamba will prove a “gamechanger” in curbing the rising tide of violence in jails across England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Humber Prison report: Wolds and Everthorpe merger ‘traumatic’ – BBC News
‘The merger of two prisons in East Yorkshire has been “traumatic and prolonged”, inspectors have found.’
BBC News, 18th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Offences against the person – modernising the law on violence – Law Commission
‘New rules are needed to tackle violent offences and make better use of court time, according to the Law Commission.’
Law Commission, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
Let magistrates deal with more assault cases, says law reform body – The Guardian
‘Magistrates courts should be empowered to deal with thousands more assault charges every year rather than sending too many cases for expensive trial in the crown court, the Law Commission has said.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reform violent crime laws and re-name GBH and ABH offences, say experts – Daily Telegraph
”Archaic’ language on violent crime dating back more than 150 years must be updated, says Law Commission.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
